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enInternational Polar FoundationCopyright 20092009-01-24T13:22:00+00:00Dr. Jenny Baeseman on APECS, an Important Legacy of IPY-4http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dr_jenny_baeseman_on_apecs_an_important_legacy_of_ipy_4/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dr_jenny_baeseman_on_apecs_an_important_legacy_of_ipy_4/The fourth International Polar Year has led to the creation of a number of new projects and initiatives, many of which will continue after the IPY officially comes to an end in March 2009.&nbsp;
One of these initiatives, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), which sprang from the IPY Youth Steering Committee, (IPY project nEducators, Participants, Press, People, Bi-polar2009-01-24T13:22:00+00:00Sun shadows Project updatehttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sun_shadows_project_update/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sun_shadows_project_update/At the end of 2007, teacher Turtle Haste’s eighth-grade class at James Monroe Middle School in Albuquerque, New Mexico reported on a project to measure sun shadows all over the world, including at several Antarctic stations. to better understand how the Earth and the Sun interact, and how the seasons progress.
The project is going strong, and there is now a call for everyone to join in. There is a new project page up, and also a Google Map that shows recent measurements:
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By Stefan GeensEducators, People, Space, Bi-polar2009-01-12T19:52:00+00:00Using Indigenous Knowledge in Scientific Research in the Arctichttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/using_indigenous_knowledge_in_scientific_research_in_the_arctic/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/using_indigenous_knowledge_in_scientific_research_in_the_arctic/Having been able to survive in the harsh Arctic climate for millennia, indigenous Northern communities have extensive intimate knowledge about the Arctic ecosystems in which they live. Increasingly, researchers are taking advantage of this wealth of knowledge to help them study the ecosystems of the Far North and how climate change is affecting them.
One programme to monitor ice cover being run by the Nunavik Research Centre (NRC), the research arm of QuIce, Oceans, People, Arctic, Canada2009-01-08T22:40:00+00:00Dome A Traverse and Kunlun Stationhttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dome_a_traverse_and_kunlun_station/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dome_a_traverse_and_kunlun_station/Continuing his coverage of the 25th Chinese Antarctic Expedition, science journalist Jean de Pomereu reports on the departure of the Dome Argus (Dome A) traverse team from the Chinese Zhongshang Station in the Antarctic on the International Polar Foundation's SciencePoles website.
On 18 December following an official departure ceremony, a team of 28 men left Zhongshang to start the 1,220 km traverse into the interior of Antarctica to Dome A, the highest point on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet at almost 5 km above sea level. Once they arrive at Dome A, the team will begin construction of China's new Kunlun Station.
Lead by Mr. Li Yuansheng and consisting of a crew that includes a special high-altitude doctor from Tibet and two-man television crew from China Central TV, the traverse team is driving 11 tractors pulling some 40 sledges in total across the vast expanses of the Antarctic continent. The journey is expected to take 20 days.Land, People, Antarctic, China2009-01-01T00:58:01+00:00LIFE’s photos of polar regions now on Googlehttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/lifes_photos_of_polar_regions_now_on_google/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/lifes_photos_of_polar_regions_now_on_google/Google has just announced that they have begun making the entire 10-million photo archive of LIFE magazine available on their servers. To access the images just do an image search for a topic, adding “source:life” to your search query. Searching for ”antarctica source:life” or ”arctic source:life” serves up some stunning photography, most of it never published before. Here is just a small sampler:
Lt.j.g. John Tuck in charge of Anundsen-Scott base in Antarctica. (1956)
Beautiful vistas of rocky escarpments, snow-topped peaks, as seen from low-flying plane.&nbsp; (1956)
Russians at Mirny station entertaining visiting US scientists working on joint project in penguinology. (1964)
Google says that so far it has only added about 20% of LIFE’s photo archives to its servers, but that the rest will be available in the coming months, so check back often.Educators, Participants, Press, People, Bi-polar2008-11-20T19:25:00+00:00Nature as Woman - the scientific view of nature in 19th-century Swedenhttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/nature_as_woman_the_scientific_view_of_nature_in_19th_century_sweden/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/nature_as_woman_the_scientific_view_of_nature_in_19th_century_sweden/My research focuses on how SEducators, Participants, People, Arctic, Finland, Norway, Sweden2008-11-18T19:22:00+00:00The mythical, historical and cultural past of the Shttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/the_mythical_historical_and_cultural_past_of_the_sami_in_19th_century_north/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/the_mythical_historical_and_cultural_past_of_the_sami_in_19th_century_north/The mythical, historical and cultural past of the SPeople, Arctic, Iceland, Norway, Sweden2008-10-31T16:47:00+00:00Changing the Arctic: Adding Immediate Protection to the Equationhttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/changing_the_arctic_adding_immediate_protection_to_the_equation/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/changing_the_arctic_adding_immediate_protection_to_the_equation/By Falk Huettmann and Sue Hazlett
The Arctic represents a region of the globe directly affected by climate change, human disturbance and natural variation. In addition to acting as the global weather machine, it is considered one of the last remainingParticipants, Press, Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, Arctic, United States of America2008-10-21T23:33:00+00:00Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhousehttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ice_captain_the_life_of_jr_stenhouse/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ice_captain_the_life_of_jr_stenhouse/After two and half months of constant strain and uncertainty, it seemed that the Aurora’s fate was finally sealed . . . [Wireless Operator Lionel Hooke] observed that ‘The whole crew are like a pack of schoolgirls, our nerves absolutely shattered. The dropping of a book or the slamming of a door brings us all up with a start.’
Such was the lamentable scene onboard Aurora, during Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (ITAE). Her odyssey in the Ross Sea is vividly brought to life in Stephen Haddelsey’s new book, Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse (The History Press Ltd.; ISBN: 0750943483). After she was blown away from Cape Evans by a fierce gale in May 1915, stranding the shore party, Stenhouse’s Aurora drifted helplessly for 1,000 miles in the polar pack.
Ice jaws held Aurora through McMurdo Sound and beyond, in a mind-bending test of mental and physical enduranceEducators, Participants, Press, People, Bi-polar, United Kingdom2008-10-01T06:23:01+00:00Social/Human Sciences in IPY 2007http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/social_human_sciences_in_ipy_20072008_a_new_mission/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/social_human_sciences_in_ipy_20072008_a_new_mission/contribution by Igor Krupnik and Grete Hovelsrud, members of the IPY Joint Committee, in celebration of People Day on September 24th, 2008
Also contains contributions by Michael Bravo, Yvon Csonka, Ludger MEducators, Press, People, Arctic2008-09-23T20:38:00+00:00